Hungarian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton secures victory after late overtake
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Your support makes all the difference.Lewis Hamilton passed Max Verstappen with three laps remaining to win the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Hamilton was within one second of Verstappen when he was called in for a second pit stop - Mercedes hoping that a switch to fresh tyres would provide the British star with a chance to usurp Verstappen. The strategy move by Formula One's all-conquering team proved inspired.
Hamilton left the pit lane 21 seconds behind Verstappen with 21 laps remaining, the Briton lighting up the time sheets before catching the back of Verstappen's Red Bull. The world champion then made the move for victory stick around the outside of Verstappen on lap 67. Re-live the action below:
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Lap 69: Vettel, meanwhile, has made up ground on teammate Leclerc and surges past him with a couple of laps left! The German moves into the podium places.
Lap 70: Hamilton can take it easy on his final lap. He's way out in front now, although Verstappen records the fastest lap of the race immediately after his pit stop. Red Bull may now regret not pitting earlier.
LEWIS HAMILTON WINS THE HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX!
A superb performance from the championship leader, and a seventh victory in Budapest!
"Wow, just wow, mate," is the reaction from Hamilton's team. "Brilliant drive." Hamilton might have been doutbful throughout that race, but he and his team managed it perfectly. “That feels so good guys," he says. "I hope you’re feeling it too."
Here's today's top 10:
1. Hamilton
2. Verstappen
3. Vettel
4. Leclerc
5. Sainz
6. Gasly
7. Raikkonen
8. Bottas
9. Norris
10. Albon
Lewis Hamilton: "I feel really grateful for the day and really for the team to continuing to believe in me and continuing to push to the limits and take a chance on me. It never gets old and it always feels brand new. It feels like a new win for us. For a race to be able to push like that, I'm telling you I was on the limit all the way.
"Honestly, we'd had brake problems all weekend. I was a bit worried. We made some changes and it didn't make a difference. I was doing a lot of lift and coast and not touching the brake for half the lap. It was very, very difficult to get by, defence was great and they were quite quick on the straights.
"I didn't know if I could close down that 19 second gap. The laps were like qualifying laps every lap. I think if Niki was here he'd take his hat off."
Max Verstappen: "We were just not fast enough. I tried everything I could do on that hard tyre to stay alive. Just not enough. A good weekend for us.
"Congrats to Lewis for the win. He was pushing me hard. I like that. Just lacking a bit of grip, I guess. We tried the one-stop, of course then they had the opportunity to do the two and that worked out well [for them]."
Sebastian Vettel: "I had one opportunity, which I took - happy to get some champagne now and a cool down! I think it's good for everyone to get a break, the guys have been working very hard. There will be tracks where we'll be better, we need to get stronger."
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